Telescope — Tel e*scope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Telescoped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Telescoping}.] To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Telescope — Tel e*scope, v. t. 1. To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope. [Recent] [1913 Webster] 2. to shorten or abridge significantly; as, to telescope a whole semester s lectures into one week. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English